Brand Strategist
Location: US, NY, New York
Department: Business

Company profile:
About the CompanyAviary makes the world’s best photo editor. It’s used in more than 6,000 apps, including our own, which is a Top 100 app on both iOS and Android. Each month, more than 65 million people actively use our products.The Aviary team is on a mission to democratize creativity. The company was founded by the creators of Worth1000, who have always been obsessed with the idea of turning everyone in the world into artists. We are 25 people based in New York and financially backed by leading investors including Spark Capital, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. Aviary is well positioned to lead the next generation of creative companies.Aviary has a highly team-driven company culture. Everyone in the company is great to work with and contributes meaningfully to the overall company direction. As one might expect, we are a creative group inside of work and out: whether it’s painting, improv comedy, bagpipes, or karaoke, our team members have diverse and interesting passions. We keep our culture startup-friendly to the core (ping-pong tables, free lunches and party games abound) and plan to keep it that way forever, whether we are 25 people or thousands.Why work at Aviary?We build beautiful photo editing software that can be used in any application. We're a small, creative team and we're passionate about powering the world's creativity. If you're an awesome person who wants to help us achieve that goal, we'd love to hear from you!Working with usYou'll work in a fast-paced startup environment, full of challenges and new opportunities. We can promise with complete confidence that you will never be bored.Share a workspace with a variety of creative, interesting people with a huge range of weird hobbies.Great location for commuters: our windows literally overlook Madison Square Garden. We may or may not have tried projecting our website onto MSG. (We totally did. It totally worked.)Our conference table doubles as a pool table. Plus, we have heated matches of ping pong, foosball, and Fifa to help get the creative juices flowing!PerksWe want a happy, healthy, and creative team. We know you can't have that without real work/life balance and plenty of perks. To that end, we offer:Competitive salaries, full medical/dental insurance, tons of paid vacation, and an ample budget to customize a top-notch workstation to your heart’s content.All the free coffee and snacks you can consume. Fully stocked fridge. Catered team lunches four days a week.Constant learning. Coding workshops, company-sponsored educational courses, and genius coworkers who show each other new things every day.

Job description:
Are you skilled at translating marketing objectives into effective and enjoyable advertising experiences? Do you love connecting brands to consumers in creative, engaging ways? Awesome! We’re on the hunt for Brand Strategists to help us expand our new native advertising platform for mobile, which connects brands like RCA Records, Universal Pictures, Disney and more to millions of users creating and sharing photos on their smartphones every day. You’ll help us imagine, sell and execute beautiful campaigns that fit organically within our network of photo editing apps, collaborating with advertisers and agencies to design stunning brand experiences in the exploding medium of social/mobile photography.ResponsibilitiesEducate new and existing partners about our advertising platform and productsRespond to RFPs with competitive, creative proposals that achieve advertiser objectivesNurture and maintain relationships with brands, agencies and third party sales teamsSee a campaign through from first pitch to final report, closely collaborating with creative, production and analytics teamsVigilantly seek and share ways to improve and enhance the Aviary brand experience, helping us to scale and perfect America’s first and most effective native advertising platform for mobile photography

Requirements:
5+ years' experience developing marketing programs in a startup, agency or other advertising organization.Industry experience and relationships in digital, social and mobile marketingPassion for creative mobile photographyDesire to work and ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environmentImpeccable written and visual communication skillsBA / BS degree

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